Sandra G. Catane
Educational Background
- Ph. D. in Environmental Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan (1994)
Classes Taught
- Geology 254: Volcanism (Graduate)
- Geology 297: Special Topics - Volcanic Hazards (Graduate)
- Environmental Science 241: Geologic Hazards (Graduate)
- Geology 1: Our Dynamic Earth (Undergraduate)
- Geology 11: Principles of Geology (Undergraduate)
- Geology 70: Field Methods in Geology (Undergraduate)
- Geology 170: Field Mapping (Undergraduate)
- Geology 196: Seminar in Geology (Undergraduate)
- Natural Science II: Introduction to Natural Science (Undergraduate)
Research Interests
- Explosive volcanism: tephra stratigraphy, water-magma interaction, caldera evolution, high-resolution dating of young tephra deposits, deep-sea ash layers
- Flow mechanism of volcanic and non-volcanic landslides
- Geomechanical properties of rock slopes and slope stability assessment
- Volcano hazards assessment
Selected Publications/Papers/Presentations
Catane, S. G., Taniguchi, H., Goto, A., Givero, A. P. and A. A. Mandanas, 2005. Explosive volcanism in the Philippines. Monograph Series No. 18, Center for North East Asian Studies, Tohoku University, Japan, 131 pp.
Wiesner, W. G, Wetzel, A., Catane, S. G., Listanco, E. L. and H. T. Mirabueno, 2004. Grain size, areal thickness distribution, and controls on sedimentation of the 1991 Mount Pinatubo tephra layer in the South China Sea. Bulletin of Volcanology, 66, 226-242.
Catane, S. G. and M. H. T. Mirabueno, 2001. Characteristics and origin of pyroclastic flows and surges of the 1993 Mayon Volcano eruption. Journal of the Geological Society of the Philippines, 56(3-4), 125-143.
Catane, S. G., Maglambayan, V. B., and H. Cabria, 2001. The 26 July 1999 landslide of Colalo, Mankayan, Benguet Prov.: Implications to hazards due to rapid mass movement and land use in the area. In: Towards Understanding Peoples of the Cordillera, Cordillera Studies Center, 3, 129-146.
Maglambayan, V. B., Catane, S. G. and H. Cabria, 2001. Ground subsidence in Poblacion, Mankayan, Benguet Province: its characteristics, mechanisms and possible causes. In: Towards Understanding Peoples of the Cordillera, Cordillera Studies Center, 3, 115-128.
Wiesner, M., Arpa, C., Bracker, E., Catane, S. G., De Leon, M. M., Duyanen, J. P., Faber, U., Gerbich, C., Hess, S., Holbourn, A., Kaminski, M., Kruger, O., Kuhnt, W., Suu, N., Paulsen, H., Peleo-Alampay, A., Rimek, R., Seemann, B., Siringan, F. P., Steen, E., Szarek, R., Son, V., Von Wersch, V., Wang, Y. and A. Wetzel, 1999. Particle fluxes and recolonization of the 1991 Mount Pinatubo tephra layer in the South China Sea. Cruise Report (SO-140B) for the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin.
Textbooks/Manuals/Guidebooks
Catane, S. G., Listanco, E. L., Corpuz, E. G., Lagmay, A. M. A., Bornas, M. A., Cabria, H.B. and Panol, A. P., 2003. Active volcanoes in the Philippines - Mayon, Pinatubo and Taal. In: Field Trip Guidebook of the 2003 General Assembly of International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), The Volcanological Society of Japan, 198 pp.
Contact Details
- Office: Room 229, National Institute of Geological Sciences Building, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101 The Philippines
- E-mail: sgcatane@yahoo.com , scatane@nigs.upd.edu.ph
- Phone: (+632) 981-8500 loc. 3753
